Behind the Scenes – How the Ukraine war cancelled the next Mars mission…
Our Mars rover mission was suspended because of the Ukraine war – here’s what we’re hoping for next Just a few months ago, we were confidently expecting to launch our rover, Rosalind Franklin, to Mars in September as part of the ExoMars mission, a collaboration between Europe and Russia. The...
Watch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Attempt to Capture a Sample of Asteroid Bennu
Tonight (Tuesday 20th October) will see NASA attempt to set its' OSIRIS-REx spacecraft down to the surface of Bennu. The mission is a first for NASA, it will the US space agency attempt to scoop up a sample and bring it home from Bennu - a small...
NASA’s Mars Helicopter all set for Next Red Planet Mission
Ingenuity, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, is set to travel with the American agency’s latest Mars mission scheduled to blast off later this month. A recent article in the New York Times has documented NASAs pain staking development of the tiny craft. Currently, Ingenuity is attached to the...